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Options for Displaying Math on the Web -- TtH Settings

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Testing browser display of symbol fonts

The TtH test equation below contains an integral, Greek letters, bar and prime symbols, and large brackets; next to it is a GIF image of the same equation for comparison. If any of the intended symbols are missing from the TtH equation, or other things appear in their place (such as the cent symbol or vowels with accents), see the tips in the next section on reconfigure common browsers' treatment of these fonts. (Note: both Netscape and Internet Explorer support symbol fonts, but other browsers may not.)
TTH test equation GIF image of equation
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 (x¢) dx¢ = 1 + é
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2xa
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1 + x2 + 2x3
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$\displaystyle { \int^x_0 \bar{\zeta}}(x')dx' = 1 + \left[\frac{\frac{1}{2x^{\alpha}}+3\omega_i}{1+x^2+2x^3}\right]^{1/2} $

Configuring common browsers to display symbol fonts


Athena users To use the default Athena Netscape with symbol fonts enabled, you can either use an alternate startup script by typing: 
       athena% add tth
       athena% math-netscape
or you can add the following line to your ~/.Xresources or ~/.Xdefaults to enable symbol fonts with the standard Netscape startup: 
       Netscape*documentFonts.charset*adobe-fontspecific:   iso-8859-1
Other Unix users The quick fix is to use the X resource above; for more information, see the TtH author's notes on Enabling Symbol Fonts in Netscape under X
Mac and Windows users Depending on the browser and version, the necessary settings can be found in various places. The instructions below cover common versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer.
  1. Document Encoding should be set to Western or MacRoman. Look for one of these menu options:
    • View --> Encoding
    • Options --> Document-Encoding
    and set it to "Western" or "MacRoman" or "Western (MacRoman)".
  2. Font Preferences should be set to use document-specified fonts rather than your own, if this is an option. Look for one of these categories:
    • Edit --> Preferences: Appearance: Fonts
    • Options --> General Preferences: Fonts
    If there is a choice like "Use page-specified fonts" or "Use document's fonts" set it to this (rather than to "Use my fonts").
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